Rutland is located in an area known for the diversity of recreational opportunities. The city is located within a half hour of two world class ski resorts:

Killington-Pico (www.killington.com)

Okemo (www.okemo.com).

Cross Country Skiing is available at the following areas:

Mountain Meadows (Killington) www.mountainmeadowslodge.com

Mountain Top Inn and Resort (Chittenden) www.mountaintopinn.com

Other Winter Sports include snowmobiling on the Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST – www.vtvast.org) trails that stretch from Massachusetts to the Canadian border, snow shoeing, and ice skating on lakes and ponds, and in the Rutland Region Field House (www.rutlandregionalfieldhouse.org), where high school and college teams play, and youth and adult amateur hockey leagues are organized.

There are eight golf courses in Rutland County:

Rutland Country Club (Rutland) www.rutlandcountryclub.com

Green Mountain National (Killington) www.gmngc.com

Killington Resort Golf Course (Killington) www.killington.com

Neshobe Golf Club (Brandon) www.neshobe.com

Proctor-Pittsford Country Club (Pittsford) www.proctor-pittsford.com

Prospect Point Golf Club (Castleton) www.vtga.org/member_clubs/prospect_point_golf_c.htm

Lake St. Catherine Country Club (Poultney) www.lsccc.net

Stonehedge Golf Course (Clarendon)

Tee times are almost always available with little or no wait.

Lakes Region

For boating, sailing, swimming, fishing, canoeing, windsurfing, jet skiing and more, the following lakes are within an hour’s drive of the city of Rutland:

Lake Bomoseen

Lake St. Catherine

Lake Champlain

Lake Beebe

Lake Hortonia

and more…

Summer Activities

In addition to golf, the Rutland region offers a variety of summer activities including horseback riding (Chittenden and Castleton), hiking on the Long Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and on other local venues, softball and baseball leagues, tennis clubs and camps, mountain biking (Rutland and Killington), bike tours and more…

Fall Foliage

The fall colors are spectacular in Vermont, and the mountains surrounding the city of Rutland are no exception.

Apple picking, hay rides and the largest Halloween Parade in the country are other fall highlights in and around Rutland.